Bangladesh Railway (BR) has sought an explanation from its ticketing contractor, Shohoz-Synesis-Vincen JV, over allegations ...

A Netrokona court has sent two men to jail following their arrest in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 37-year-old woman in Durgapur upazila.

Cumilla police have submitted a chargesheet in the murder case of 13-year-old Ishiat Shahriar Oprotim, accusing four people, ...

Twenty-three-year-old Md Enamul Hossain and his younger brother, 19-year-old Ashraful Islam, have been undergoing treatment ...

Prices of winter vegetables and fish fell in the capital’s kitchen markets over the past week as supplies increased, while ...

Every lane in Dhaka once had its own beloved mudir dokan -- the little tin‑roofed or bamboo‑fenced shop that sold everything ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered a full lockdown of the occupied West Bank after the Israeli military repelled an attack in the city of Hebron.

Convener and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam yesterday demanded the resignations of Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and Energy Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, accusing them of failing to discharge ...

China ordered an “all-out” rescue effort in a remote area of Tibet yesterday after an earthquake killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more, state media reported.

A madrasa teacher was sent to jail on Thursday in a case filed against him for allegedly sexually harassing a seven-year-old female student of the institution.

France will deploy some 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests this weekend after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago, the ...

The United Arab Emirates reported an oil spill from a tanker off its coast yesterday, as numerous vessels in Gulf waters come under attack during the Middle East war.